On Saturday, August 23, from 1 – 6pm, the Summit Music Festival will turn Lippitt Park, that haven for toddlers, farmers marketers, and frisbee throwers, into a huge neighborhood party. And if a beer and wine garden by Trinity Brewhouse, activities for the kids, food trucks, and craft vendors aren’t enough to bring you out, […]
Motif recently sat down with the audience choice award winners from Providence’s 48 Hour Film Project and asked them one question: What was the strangest thing that happened during competition weekend? These were their responses. Mark Allison танец For our film, we used a couple of friends of ours who are Russian. We thought it […]
Convenient Pit Stops for your Commute Imagine you’re biking to work or just out for fun, enjoying the sun on your arms and the wind through your hair. Maybe you’re even patting yourself on the back a bit for the good you’re doing your body and the environment. But suddenly, your bike just doesn’t feel […]
Avi David is a member of the Extraordinary Rendition Band and a music teacher at Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts (TAPA), a school for 7th through 10th graders located a block away from last week’s shooting that resulted in the death of 20-year-old Davon Taylor. Taylor’s 15-year-old sister, Destiny, a former student at TAPA, […]
Inspired by the classic Dickens tale, our beer reporters set off on separate journeys through time to learn about their favorite beverage. Read about Pete’s trip through time and space to learn about beer here: motifri.com/beerfuturepete Read about a colorful trio of barflys who taught Chris about breweries old and new here: motifri.com/beerfuturechris
For the past eight years, the Rhode Island Film Collaborative (RIFC) has been helping filmmakers make movies and for almost as long, hundreds of filmmakers, actors, crew, film lovers and people who just like a good party have celebrated this mission by dressing up in their best digs and drinking and dancing the night away […]
It’s well-known that the only way to cure the zombies in your life of their affliction is a quick blow to the head, ending their insatiable appetite for human flesh. But can you really call a headshot a cure? The creators of the Zombies Got Guts 3K adventure race, which takes place at Fort Adams […]
No one likes to think about it on their wedding day, but the fact remains that not every couple who dives happily into marriage will wish to remain married till death do they part. The tragedy of divorce is made more complex for same sex couples who cross state borders to make their vows or […]
Many same sex couples finally allowed to marry in Rhode Island have been together and sharing a household for years. They have love, romance, the long-awaited right to marry, and lots and lots of stuff. What’s a wedding guest in search of a meaningful gift for the happy couple to do? We have a few […]
